The pictures may have gotten smaller, but these women are still big.
No wonder she shoots Joe in cold blood.
Also, Joe’s a f—ing liar.
Nicole Scherzinger in ‘Sunset Boulevard’; Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’; Gloria Swanson in ‘Sunset Boulevard’.Credit:Everett Collection; MUBI; Design: Alex Sandoval
No one ever said dignity was cheap.
Unless, of course, they’re successful at it.
Then they’re praised.
Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in ‘Sunset Boulevard’.Everett
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Sue easily supplants Elisabeth in her job and soon in her life.
She gets all dolled up for the date and because she’s Demi Moore, she looks amazing.
Demi Moore in ‘The Substance’.MUBI/Everett
The world treats Sue as a goddess.
Even before she took the Substance, Elisabeth could sense herself disappearing.
But the price is always too steep for women.
Demi Moore at the Los Angeles premiere of ‘The Substance’.Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock
Elisabeth, and Sue, pay the ultimate price for their obsession with youth and beauty.
It’s not justtheirobsession, however.
A 60-year-old, notably “ageless” actress winning plaudits for portraying a 50-year-old aging actress losing her career.
Nicole Scherzinger in ‘Sunset Boulevard’.Marc Brenner
That’s Hollywood, baby.
To be a flawed woman is still heralded as an act of bravery.
These women who take on these tragic roles almost always end up with the last laugh.
Buther Norma Desmond is epic.
Who would’ve thought that 20- or 25-year-old Nicole Scherzinger would do that?
Or 25-year-old Demi Moore would give one of the greatest performances of the year?
And in return, they live forever, ageless, if only on celluloid.
